📅2001 Classification(England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
📅2011 Classification(England/Wales) Urban city and town C1
📅2021 ClassificationUrban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1
Deprivation Index(IMD)
IMD England — Index of Multiple Deprivation
Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, barriers to housing and services, and living environment.
9161
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 9161 out of 32,844 lower layer super output areas in England. N/A for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as this postcode is in England.
Demographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
Total residents: 1,422
White Brit.87.5%
Other White3.3%
White & Black Caribbean1.3%
African1.3%
+ other · 6.6%
Religion
Total residents: 1,420
No religion52.9%
Christian39.3%
Not answered5.9%
+ other · 1.9%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,423
50–6419.3%
35–4919.1%
25–3415.1%
10–159.7%
≤47.7%
+ 5 other age groups · 29.2%
Households
Total households: 508
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children15.6%
Lone parent family: With dependent children14.6%
Other12.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.4%
Any member 66+8.5%
+ 8 other households · 39.8%
Sun & Time Information
🌅
5:56 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:21 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)5:56 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:21 PM
⏱️Daylight duration10 hours 28 minutes
🕐Time zoneGMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
📅
June 2001
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~25 years
Active Duration
2001 → Present
June 2001 — Introduced
Postcode LU7 3FS introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 9161
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017605 and MSOA E02003638 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU7 3FS is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJune 2001
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~25 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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